King-tisdell Cottage Foundation

The King-Tisdell Cottage is a Black heritage house museum in Savannah, named for its African American owners Eugene and Sarah King and, later, Sarah King and Robert Tisdell. The Victorian cottage was built in 1896 by W.W. Aimar and is distinguished by ornate gingerbread porch trim in a wheel-and-spindle pattern. Threatened with demolition in 1970, it was saved by the City of Savannah and the Historic Savannah Foundation, which moved and reconstructed it; civil-rights leader and preservationist W.W. Law then established the museum in 1981. Operated by the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation, which also runs the nearby Beach Institute, it interprets the contributions of African Americans to Savannah and to the nation's history.

King-tisdell Cottage Foundation is a museum in Savannah, Chatham County. It is one of 19 museums documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0724, -81.0879 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Beach Institute (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home, Capture of Savannah, and Duellist's Grave.

This record is drawn from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.